State Data

Data-driven safety systems are vital to informing decisions that improve safety on the Nation’s
roads—FMCSA relies on the States for accurate and comprehensive data on eligible crashes and
inspections to focus resources to further reduce crashes. We can’t do it without you.

Each month, States are rated on reporting of safety data—this page provides States
with a robust resource to view their ratings and measures, and learn how to improve
data quality performance.

FMCSA & State users:

Measures: Crash Timeliness

99%

CRASH TIMELINESS

99% of your State’s evaluated crash records were reported within 90 days of the crash. These crashes occurred between 01/01/2016 and 12/31/2016. Your rating is good because your percentage is greater than or equal to 90%.Learn how this rating is calculated.

Why this matters

What to do next

Make sure that you understand this measure and your State's rating. Use the following analysis reports to identify and address issues that could be affecting your data quality. Remember, even good ratings often have room for improvement.

Good

Fair

Poor

Insufficient Data

State has < 15 records reported in current timeframe AND percentage reported within 90 Days is < 65%

Good

Percentage reported within 90 Days is >= 90%

Fair

Percentage reported within 90 Days is 65-89%

Poor

Percentage reported within 90 Days is < 65%

Insufficient Data

State has < 15 records reported in current timeframe AND percentage reported within 90 Days is < 65%

Data Source:MCMIS fatal and non-fatal crash records for 12 months representing interstate, intrastate, and non-motor carriers, and includes large trucks and buses. Note: Since FMCSA's transition to the cloud in November 2016 resulted in a delay for State submissions, FMCSA is not including impacted late records in the State's Crash Timeliness measure. Crashes reported on-time will count toward the timeliness measure.

How this rating is calculated

The Crash Timeliness measure evaluates 12 months of data to determine your State’s rating. A record is evaluated if the date of the crash event—not the date of upload to FMCSA—falls within that 12-month range. As shown below, the range begins 15 months before the evaluation month, but excludes the most recent three months of data. In the example, the January 2015 evaluation looks at the 12-month event date range November 1, 2013, through October 31, 2014; crashes that occurred after October 31, 2014, were not included in the evaluation.

This measure evaluates fatal and non-fatal crash records representing interstate, intrastate, and non-motor carriers, and includes large trucks and buses.

The rating percentage of timely records is determined by dividing the number of records reported on time by the number of total records evaluated. If the percentage of crash records reported within 90 days is

90% or more, the rating is GOOD

Between 65% and 89%, the rating is FAIR

Less than 65%, the rating is POOR, unless the number of records reported is less than 15, in which case the rating is INSUFFICIENT DATA.

Why this matters

Crash records reported to MCMIS are used by the SMS to assess carrier safety performance and prioritize carriers for interventions. The SMS weights crashes based partly on the time elapsed since the crash occurred. The graphic below shows how the SMS time-weighting places more weight on the most recent crashes, highlighting the importance of reporting crash data promptly.